Apple
caught a lot of heat soon after the iPhone 4 launched due to issues
surrounding the devices's antenna. The problems infuriated so many
iPhone 4 users that Steve Jobs even suggested they were “holding it
wrong”. While the antenna woes of the iPhone 4 are legendary at
this point, Apple is working on a new tech for future mobile
devices.

Patently
Apple has
dug up a patent
application that outlines how the company plans to
incorporate the antenna for some of its devices behind the Apple
logo. That would move the antenna closer to the surface of the
devices. Presumably that would help with the problem the iPhone 4
faced. While the iPad currently uses a similar placement for its
Wi-Fi antenna, Apple's new design would incorporate cellular and GPS
antennas as well.

The new antenna design is aimed for use in
more than just the iPhone; it will also be used on MacBooks as
well. Patently
Apple reports
that the new antenna may transmit and receive radio-frequency signals
through a dielectric window mounted in a housing wall. The antenna
could also reportedly have a patch antenna resonating element
inside.

The patent in question is 20100321253 and it was filed
in June of 2009 and lists Apple employees Ruben Caballero - Senior
director of iPhone/iPod - and members of his team including Enrique
Ayala Vazquez, Gregory Springer, Bing Chiang, Douglas Kough, Robert
Schlub, Yi Jiang, Angulo Gomez and Andres Rodney.

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Thank you. It would be nice if tech blog writers would spend a little more time trying to understand the issues they write about and a little less time simply paraphrasing articles and press releases from other sources.

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